Diana



JOSEPH THl-EM AND WILHELM TI-HEM, OF LAWRENCEBURG, 1N-

DKANA.

Letters Patent No. 86,710, dated February 9, 1869.

novnn cos OS'I'ZIOE FOR MOIlING-B.

To whom it may comem f Be it known that we, J OSEPH THIEM and WILHELM THIEM, both of Lawrenrebnrg, Dearborn county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Composition for Moulding, 830.; and we hereby declare the following to, be a-fnll, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to a composition, which is formed of a mixture of cheap ingredients, and which becomes so hardened by the application of heat, after it has been made to assume the desired form, as to remain unaflicted by varying heat or moisturein the air.

r The ingredients are mixed; together in about the following proportions;

Sawdust, four piu'ts; milk-curd, one pint; slaked lime, one-third of a gint; cotton, one ounce, more or less. v v V This composition is used in the formation of ornamental mouldings, escutoheons, 850., and .many other articles of use and ornamentation.

Sawdust from black walnut is used when a dark color is desired. 'Pinenr poplar gives a lighter shade; and in this way the coior may befvaried to suit the purpose, or the color may be varied by the intermixtareoij any other article, as lamp-black, 800.

The aforementioned ingredients are mixed thor- 'oughly together, when sufiiciently moist to adhere in a mass, and, after mouidiug or pressing into any desired form, the object is hardened by heat. It may then receive a coat of varnish or paint.

The cotton may he used in greater or less proportion, as grester or less strength is required, as it is intended to give adhesiveness. 1

We do noteonfine ourselves to the exact proportions stated; but i A What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

v A composition, formed substantially as herein described, for the purposes stated.

In testimony of which invention, we hereunto set our hands.

'JOS. THIEMV WILHELM THIEM. Witnesses: Gno. H. Kmen'r,

Jmus H. Lumen, 

